Ashen Assault

Stealth Attack. Attack foes in front of you with a series of strikes, inflicting damaging conditions. The final strike makes them vulnerable. If this skill follows a Finisher skill, it grants initiative. — In-game description

Ashen Assault

Profession

Thief (skill list)

Weapon

Spear

Type

Stealth Attack

Game link

API

73005

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10.5½  

Ashen Assault

Stealth Attack. Attack foes in front of you with a series of strikes, inflicting damaging conditions. The final strike makes them vulnerable. If this skill follows a Finisher skill, it grants initiative.

 Damage (6x): 660 (1.8)^?

 Damage (6x): 552 (1.5)^?

₅ Vulnerability (8s): +5% Incoming Damage, +5% Incoming Condition Damage

₃ Bleeding (4s): 264 Damage

₂ Bleeding (7s): 308 Damage

₃ Poison (4s): 402 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

₂ Poison (7s): 469 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness

 Initiative: 4

 Initiative: 3

 Number of Targets: 5

 Range: 240

— In-game description

Mechanics

Bugs:

• This skill has no cooldown when it fails to cast; other stealth attacks are placed on a 1 second cooldown when they fail.
• Unlike other Stealth Attacks this skill does not apply revealed when it strikes an enemy.
• The tooltip for this skill does not display the effects of Malice spent.

Anomaly:

Without Quickness, this skill will trigger the trait Sundering Shade twice.

• This skill only grants initiative if the last attack strikes an enemy and the finisher criteria is met.

Related traits

Deadly Arts

• Lotus Poison — Weaken targets when you poison them.
• Even the Odds — Apply vulnerability when you steal. Gain might when you hit with a stealth attack.
• Exposed Weakness — Deal increased strike damage to your target for each unique condition on them.
• Potent Poison — Poison you inflict has increased damage and duration. Other Deadly Arts traits apply additional stacks of poison.

Critical Strikes

• Sundering Shade — Stealth Attack skills inflict vulnerability and grant fury upon successfully hitting foes.

Shadow Arts

• Hidden Thief — Stealing inflicts blindness. Stealth Attacks inflict weakness. Cannot affect the same target more than once per interval.
• Shadow Siphoning — Stealth attacks siphon health if they hit. Cannot siphon the same target more than once per interval.
• Rending Shade — Steal boons from enemies you strike with stealth attacks. Striking a boonless foe with a stealth attack inflicts fear on nearby foes.

Trickery

• Preparedness — Increases maximum initiative by 3. Gain increased expertise.
• Deadly Ambush — Stealing also applies bleeding. Bleeding you inflict deals more damage.

Specter

• Panaku's Ambition — Gain barrier when you strike foes with a stealth attack. When you apply stealth to allies you also grant them barrier. This effect can only be received once and will reset when stealth is removed.

Antiquary

• Prodigious Pincher — You pilfer after using a certain amount of initiative. This trait will override any existing artifacts when triggered.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the power coefficient from 0.4 to 0.3 in PvE only. Reduced the bleeding duration from 5 seconds to 4 seconds in PvE only. Reduced the poison duration from 5 seconds to 4 seconds in PvE only. Damaging conditions are now applied across all hits instead of on the final strike. Vulnerability is now applied on the final strike instead of across all hits.
April 15, 2025	Decreased the bleeding and posion durations from 7 seconds to 5 seconds in PvE only.
August 20, 2024	Janthir Wilds release: Ashen Assault has been added to the game. Increased the attack range from 170 to 240. Reduced the bleeding and poison stacks from 4 for 8 seconds to 3 for 7 seconds in PvE only.
June 27, 2024	Ashen Assault was available during the Spear Beta Event.